Alan Murphy 'SOS' Live lick (Go West) - How to Play it, Why it Works | Pete Callard

This time I'm looking at an Alan Murphy jazz fusion guitar lick from his live solo on the Go West track 'S.O.S.' (from the 1987 Live At Hammersmith Odeon video). Full transcription in 'Extras' here: www.buymeacoffee.com/petecallard
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The timings are as follows:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Lick
0:55 Background
1:45 Lick analysis - first half
3:15 Pentatonic groups of 4
5:25 Lick analysis - second half
9:18 Descending scale pattern
10:49 Displacement idea added
11:25 Ascending version
12:29 Full lick slowly
12:59 Lick - half speed (close up)
13:20 Lick - full speed (close up)
Featuring my Fender Stratocaster with a set of fantastic S90 pickups from Eternal Guitars and pickups: www.eternal-guitars.com
'S.O.S' is an original composition by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie first recorded on the 1985 album Go West. This tutorial video is intended for tuitional purposes and no part of the original recording or live version was used in this video. I don't own the copyright to this composition
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[@PeteCallard]

For more classic Alan Murphy, check out my video looking at his solo on Level 42’s “Heaven In My Hands’ here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJKTg6iqjs6re80

[@erikceman5354]

Thank you for covering one of my favorite licks of all time, RIP Alan

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Erik! It’s a great lick isn’t it. Love Alan Murphy - he deserves to be much better known

[@garfield4108]

Brilliantly described. Great player was Alan.

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks man! He was brilliant

[@andrewkratz226]

Great stuff, thank you for sharing. Im glad to have discovered your channel!

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Andrew, glad you like it - thanks for the coffee!

[@mlx1639]

Perfect and great breakdown.

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks very much!

[@erylroberts8206]

Nice Pete, straight to the point & easy to follow. 👍

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks very much Eryl! Great to see & play with you again last weekend

[@davepmolloy]

Super cool Pete. Thanks

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Davo, glad you like it!

[@JazzStrat781]

That's a great lick Pete, thanks for breaking it down. Best to you 👍🎸

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks JazzStrat! It’s great isn’t it, and I think the elements of it are really applicable to all kinds of playing 🤞

[@steveglenister4939]

Brilliant - thank you for that. I'm so gutted Alan Murphy has left us. I saw him in '88 with Level 42. Such a sad loss at only 35 years old. Decades of music we missed out on. But lovely to see his work is still being studied and enjoyed here.

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Steve, he was such a wonderful player, it’s great to see he still has a following all these years later

[@Waynescottguitar]

Great stuff Pete, I remember watching that show on a Saturday on the BBC and being completely blown away by Alan's playing .

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Wayne, and thanks for the coffee! I remember seeing it on tv at the time as well - really enjoyed watching it back after all this time.

[@PROGNUT777]

Another nice lesson. Thanks

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Lee, much appreciated!

[@angelofarroni6632]

A presto Alan, un anno ancora 😊, 🧳🌐 , in my 🎧 in ,♥️.

[@pathackett3958]

Great thanks Pete, yes, more please :-)

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Pat, glad you enjoyed it!

[@spumemonk11]

Just discovered your playing today while watching Shpongle, also for the 1st time. Knocked out. Excellent stuff. Highly inspiring.

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks very much Ed, much appreciated!

[@PROGNUT777]

Currently transcribing other stuff also. This was real helpful as your suggestions of what he’s thinking it seems I’m playing f# harmonic minor line in an instrumental I’m writing. Being more technically proficient than theoretically, it’s an exciting breakthrough. More Murphy Pete 😊

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks PROGNUT777, glad you found it helpful

[@alexguitarfan6447]

Fascinating lines that sound fresh and exciting as if they were brand new:) thanks for demonstrating this Pete.. be cool to see more on Alans playing from that live show including his cool chords and rhythm grooves :-) 😎👌

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks very much Alex! He was such a wonderful guitar player and deserves to be much better known. It’s been really encouraging the positive response I’ve had to this video, I’m certainly planning to do some more on him in the future

[@alexguitarfan6447]

@@PeteCallard That's Brill news!!! thanks Pete and hope you have a great day :-)

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Alex, you too!

[@eduardobarbosa7689]

Watching From Brazil.

[@angelofarroni6632]

Grazie Pete Callard.

[@PeteCallard]

Prego Angelo

[@digital-guitars-uk]

Must admit Pete I thought Alan's guitar playing was pretty good and his session work was pretty amazing and when you think about it there was a lot of Eddie Van Halen clones during that time but Alan's playing just sounded really fluid and original even though it had the undertones of Alan Holdsworth. All my best wishes 😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@PeteCallard]

He had such a distinctive sound and approach, I love his playing

[@tonykennedy8483]

Hi Pete, Really enjoyed this breakdown, you really should cover the next part of the solo where Alan does that really nice run back up the fretboard He's one of my top 5 all time players, so really pleased to see his stuff still being covered

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Tony, he’s a wonderful player, one of my favourites too. That section of his live solo jumped out for me so I thought it would be interesting to look at. I might cover the whole solo from the record at some point, although it’s been done elsewhere already

[@tonykennedy8483]

@@PeteCallard I'm glad you did, I always loved that falling down the stairs but landing on your feet feel of it

[@oobie3049]

Thanks for the video! I remember the first time I saw Alan play this solo and I couldn't believe my eyes and ears. Especially the latter part of the solo where he's just shredding like crazy. Any idea what scale he's playing in that part? Whatever it is, I doubt that my fingers could ever reach that speed, haha.

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks for your message - re the end of the solo, I’d need to have a listen again, but on the record it’s an E minor run

[@nogbadthebad2609]

Very, very tasty solo. Alan was a great guitar player, and always had a nod to the other Allan (Holdsworth that is). Great lesson Pete. RIP Alan and Allan.

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks very much, he was a great guitarist, I always loved his playing

[@poulter5150]

Will you do any more on Alan Murphy?

[@PeteCallard]

It would be great to if there’s a positive reaction to this. I’ve transcribed lots of his ideas, and did a workshop on him a couple of weeks back for Roth Academy

[@andym28]

Check out Chris Poland. Similarly Allan Holdsworth inspired.

[@PeteCallard]

Thanks Andy, will do. I know his playing with Megadeth, but haven’t really checked him out since

[@andym28]

@@PeteCallardoh mate!!